Focalboard
Focalboard is a project and task management app that helps individuals and teams organize work with boards, cards, and multiple planning views.
What is Focalboard?
Focalboard is a project and task management app for organizing work with boards, cards, and structured workflows. It helps individuals and teams plan tasks, track projects, and manage ongoing work in a visual format similar to kanban and other board-based systems. Users can create boards for personal planning or team collaboration, add cards with details and properties, and switch between different views to follow progress in the way that suits their workflow. Focalboard is also used as the foundation for Mattermost Boards, so some users encounter it as part of broader team collaboration environments while others use it for standalone task organization. On Mac, it fits best for users who want a desktop-friendly way to manage tasks, projects, and lightweight planning without relying only on a browser tab.
Key features
- Create boards to organize projects, tasks, and workflows
- Add cards with notes, properties, and status details
- Track work in visual board layouts for task progress
- Use different board views to plan and review work
- Manage personal tasks alongside team project boards
- Organize project information in a structured, flexible workspace
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Focalboard is legitimate project-management software. It may store board content, task details, notes, and related workspace data locally or through connected services depending on how you use it. Access to files, network connections, or collaboration data is normal for this type of app. If you use it for team work, keep sensitive project information only in workspaces and servers you trust.
Recommendation: Keep Focalboard if you use it for personal planning, kanban-style boards, or team task tracking. Remove it if you no longer use its boards or connected workspace, but expect to lose convenient access to saved project information unless that data is synced or exported elsewhere.
Common paths
/Applications/Focalboard.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.mattermost.focalboard
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Focalboard
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.mattermost.focalboard.plist
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